Just having plenty of money does not guarantee success fo an insurgent political movement in the US.
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Donald Trump’s scored a major political win, after his mega tax and spending bill cleared its biggest hurdle. It could be signed into law as soon as July 4.
Honeyed words seem to appease the US president, but it’s dangerous if he ends up thinking he can do anything he wants.
Musk’s ability to switch satellite communications on and off can make a considerable difference to sensitive situations.
If privacy is important anywhere, it is in the context of politics. If it is important at any time, that time is now.
Huge donations actually help billionaires spin stock swings into tax breaks and lasting influence.
The Trump administration canceled hundreds of grants it said amounted to federal censorship, implying that those conducting misinformation research are enemies of the First Amendment. This isn’t true.
The Musk v Trump media battle went very public, but polls just after the scrap showing that Americans felt more favourably towards the president than Musk.
While we don’t know what went wrong between Trump and Musk, their feud reveals a potentially impactful disruption in American politics.
Immigration is often a sticking point between rightwing politicians and the businessmen who fund them.
The US president has used and discarded many people in his career. The tech billionaire appears to be the latest.
As the Musk v Trump feud steps up a level there are classic signs from a psychological point of view of why they are falling out.
Jim Chalmers, Andrew Leigh and Gavin Newsom are among the high-ranking politicians reading and sharing Abundance – a book that urges the left to reset its priorities.
Should GenAI be rapidly rolled out to improve public service policymaking and delivery? Or is a more cautious approach needed to rebuild trust after Robodebt?
The Trump administration’s crusade against antisemitism looks to be mainly about crippling elite universities and blurring the lines between pro-Palestinian activism and antisemitism.
The Starship program has already experienced more failures than many other space missions in the past. Will it ever see success – and if so when?
Political leaders in El Salvador, the Philippines and Israel, among other places, have also positioned judges as the enemy of the people.
Empathy affords us a more accurate understanding of others’ experiences and emotions. Just like pain, it can be hard to bear – but that’s also the source of its strength.
The standard aims to prevent the spread of child exploitation and pro-terror content. But there are problems with it.
The Washington Post called Curtis Yarvin’s blog ‘required reading for the extremely online right’. He advocates for the end of democracy – and a governing monarch.
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